If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own.
Charlotte BronteFriendship needs to be rooted in respect, but love can live upon itself alone
OuidaBe slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
SocratesFriendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.
Truman CapotePerhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.
George EliotIn the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
Kahlil GibranFriendship's an abstract of this noble flame,
'Tis love refin'd, and purged from all its dross,
'Tis next to angel's love, if not the same,
As strong in passion is, though not so gross.
Katherine PhilipsThe greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
Joseph AddisonTis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected.
Charles LambAnd even though we don’t have the professional relationship anymore, the love and friendship we have for each other will remain. He is like a father to me and I hope we both keep succeeding in our careers. [on coach Larri Passos]
Gustavo KuertenLouise this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship
Humphrey BogartBut friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life, and thanks to a benevolent arrangement the greater part of life is sunshine.
Thomas JeffersonIf a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.
Chin-Ning ChuA man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. [In other words learn to enjoy your own company and it's the start of a life long friendship]
Charles HughesI heard what Ashley Cole said about kicking me if he has to, but he will have to catch me first. When we step out on to the pitch on Sunday, all friendships will be forgotten.
Robert PiresFriendship is inexplicable, it should not be explained if one doesn't want to kill it.
Max JacobFriendship and mutual co-operation must be the keywords for alternative ways of working once the Euro Ivory Tower has been demolished.
Steve BlakeFriendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
Baltasar GracianFriendship is Love without his wings!
Lord ByronIt is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.
Charles KingsleyA friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
John D RockefellerIf a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
Samuel JohnsonOne measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
Clifton FadimanFriendship is but a name. I love no one
Napoleon BonaparteMoral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
Sir Thomas AquinasLove demands infinitely less than friendship.
George Jean NathanNothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Honore De BalzacOf all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.
EpicurusA friendship like love is warm; a love like friendship is steady.
Sir Thomas MoreLaughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one.
Henry Ward Beecher One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
Simone De BeauvoirFriendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Robert LyndLove will enter cloaked in friendship's name.
OvidEvery business is built on friendship.
J C PenneyIf we take matrimony at it's lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship recognised by the police.
Robert Louis StevensonLove is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Bruce LeeFriendship's the wine of life: but friendship new... is neither strong nor pure.
Edward YoungI have always laid it down as a maxim -and found it justified by experience -that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex -but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.
Lord ByronAll love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Ella WilcoxRead as you taste fruit or savour wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.
George HerbertI don't know what the fuss is about. There are 7,000 girls [on her friendship with Mick Jagger]
Carla BruniI understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being.
Edward GibbonMadam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
Sydney SmithYou don't just luck into things as much as you would like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it is friendships or opportunities.
Barbara BushIt is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
Kenneth TynanI would like to express to all Londoners, to all of the British people, the solidarity, the compassion and the friendship of France and the French people. [on London terrorist attacks, 7th July 2005]
Jacques ChiracThe worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
Francis BaconReal friendship is shown in times of trouble; prosperity is full of friends.
EuripidesOne friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.
Brooks AdamsI feel that I contributed well, but my strength and energy in that department is running out. I made, not friendships, never got anywhere like that, but you know I've formed slight bonds with people and they were lovely and gracious
Lesley Brain
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